BRUNELLESCHI Umberto (Illustrator)

Around the time of this drawing, a Paris critic wrote of Brunelleschi, "His art has nothing realistic about it. He would not know how to evoke modern life its huge factories and streets full of people. But the world of fiction, which is so much more beautiful than the world of men, that he makes real". Parisian by adoption, Brunelleschi worked as a costume and set designer in the theatre, where the effects of the innovations made by Bakst and Poiret were still very much alive. The hallmarks of a Brunelleschi theatrical costume drawing are clear, strong, calligraphic lines, derived from his sound training at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence, and brilliant, jewel-like colours that bring a fairy-tale world to life, the influence of Bakst and Poiret. Like Bakst and Erté, Brunelleschi was both a designer and illustrator, making him a leading figure in the history of twentieth-century fashion. 

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